On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:14:49 +0100, Blake wrote:
I've been following this debate with some interest, but I think it's
gone beyond a noob discussion.
Is there a noob answer to this question? There ought to be. I'm sort of
leaning toward:
Q. How do you empty a collection.
A. You don't, you replace it with a new instance.
Q. What if you have references to the collection in multiple places?
A. Wrap the collection in another class, and reference that.
??
Q. can I use #become: instead of wrapper?
A. yes but the pro's don't like solutions with #become:, it smells
/Klaus
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